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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
SUICIDES.

The MINER took the ground last winter
that druggists should be prohibited under
svere penalties, to sell poison to parties
unless the purchaser present the prescrip.
ton of a practicing physician ordering or
recommending it's use. The passage OF
such a law may have prevented some OF
the suicides which have taken place in the
Territory since, for the great majority OF
suicides. especially those of the gentler sex,
take to opiates which may always be
found in drug stores. By throwing a bar
rier around their unrestricted sale the num-
Der Of suicides would doubtless be greatly
lessened.
But still the fact cannot be ignored that
if a person be determined to take his W
life he will do it. The pistol, the knife, the
rope or the water is open to him and may
be employed to accomplish the end. This
supposition is based upon the ground that
no one will commit suicide when his mind
is in it's normal condition.; that the act is
the result OF its temporary alteration or
Of insanity, which amounts to the same
thing. There is method, however, in the
madness OF all suicides. and as has been
stated. a large majority of them prefer to
leave the woric by the morphine route,
hence legislation that will restrict the sale
Of opiates to those to whom they are pre-
scribed by physicians will doubtless tend to
lessen the number OF those who would vol
unfairly shuttle off this mortal coil.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

The new Senator from West Virginia,
says the New York Sun, Charles James
Faulkner, will disappoint those who kncs
him il he does not make himself felt as a
debater in the national legislature. He
comes OF q family of vigorous takers, and
is recognized throughout his native state
a. . nan OF marked ability in that direc-
ton. He talks rapidly but with perfect
precision. Judge Faulknere father was
accounted the most polished diplomat at
the court OF France while he represented
this country there, and the son has inher-
tied his fathers talents. The new Senator
10 about five feet ten inches high, OF rather
slight build, with clear-cut features. He
wear dark-brown mustache and goatee.
He has small, keen dark eyes, and a pleas
ant expression Of countenance. He lives
at Martinsburg, with his wife and two
children. and is the presiding Judge over
the circuit known az the ''three Panhandle
Counties" running along the Potomac
river from Harper's Ferry for a hundred
miles or SO. Senator Faulkner is free from
al monopolistic tendencies, and has never
been the paid attorney OF any railroad.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
THE LIEN LAW.
An Open Letter to the Members Of the
Last Legislative Assembly.

BURLINGTON, NJ. T., May 16, 1SS7.-Gen-
tlemen:-This change in the lien law seems
to one more like a seizure OF civil rights
and gotten up more for the special benefit
OF a few m%onopolies than anything else as
far as l car understand the meaning OF the
new law. l uppose your main excuse will
be the surety OF the laborers' wages, but if
this is the case, why did you fail to men
ton saw mills, of which there are quite a
number in the country, run on the contract
system, commencing in the spring and gen.
orally winding up in the fall by the owner
getting the seasons cut and the men who
have cut all the lumber and worked for
the contractor being thrown out of employ
ment just as winter sets in without a dol
lar in their pocket.
Now then, who has received the benefit
of this labor performed in and about this
mill? Why, the owners of course. Now,
why not make the owner of this saw mill
just as responsible for debts contracted by
parties running it as to make the owner of
a mine or ranch responsible for the debts
contracted by parties running it? Are par
ties owning property supposed to make an
inventory of the party who wants to lease?
That is the only reason by which they
would be able to find out anything in re-
gard to their financial condition. Now gen.
tlemen who is mostly favored by this
lamentable b!under? You have done moth.
ing for the grocer. You have done nothing
the dry goods m~erchants. No you have
gone against them in favor OF the hardware
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
Grand Officers Chosen.

The Knights OF Pythias met in conven'
ton for the third days session yesterday,
and proceeded with the business in hand.
The only matter OF public interest was the
election OF Grand Officers for the ensuing
year. The following were chosen:
Past Grand Chancellor-L. A. Walker, oil
Helena.
Graud Chancellor-J. E. Richards, OF
Butte.
Grand Vice Chancellor-A. J.. Seligman,
Helena.
Grand Prelate-E. w. Crutcher, of Che.
teau.
Grand Master of Exchequer-F. ". Vree.
land. of Bozeman.
Grand Keeper of Deeds and Seals-John
G. Evans, Butte.
Grand Master at Arms-C. S. Whitney,
Miles City.
Grand Tuner Guard-Mr. Riddle, of Fort
Benton.
Grand Outer Guard-J. B. Sennett,
Wickes.
Supreme Representatives,. K. Cole.
Helena.
The evening session was devoted to in
%stallation of officers and the appointment
Of committees. If to-day is fair there will
be a parade of the society through the
principal streets. The ball in the evening
will close the ssss.on in . blsss Of Glory.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
on BUILDING.

A sensible suggestion comes from an East.
ern writer on valuable building sites, which
finds an application right here in Butte.
The writer does not dispute the right OF a
property owner, under certain conditions,
to erect any kind OF a building be may see
proper to erect, regardless of the value OF
his lots for building and business purposes.
Ii he wishes to he may put up a cheap
three or fourstoried block where a more
venturesome and enterprising man would
erect a costly structure OF six or seven
stories. -
There is no way OF preventing a man
rom i%njuring a business locality by the
erection OF q cheap building if he is deter
mined to do it. The only hope ia that men
owning valuable building sites will have
sense enough to see that in renting business
houses the revenue comes, not from the
ground, but from the building which stands
pom the ground.
If a building site is worth 500, 900 and
the desire is to erect a building on it which
would bring a revenue Of 10 per cent on
the whole Investment. it will be necessary
to erect such a building as would pay a
rental OF $1O,O 900 in addition to 10 per
cent on the cost of the building itself. For
this eason it will be a poor Investment to
erect on such a site a building that would
rent for only $4,000. The building should
be large enough to pay in rents the 10 per
cent both on its own cost and the value OF
the ground.
1t follows. therefore, that as il would be
unwise to erect a large and costly building
on cheap lots, SO it would be unwise to
erect a small and cheap building on valua-
BILE lots. It is for this reason that the
more valuable a lot is per front foot the
mo floors should a building have which
would be erected upon it. This is simple
common sense, and it is based upon q rec
ignition of the very evident truth that the
only purpose the ground serves is to sup
port the building. 1t might we'll happen
that it would be cheaper not to build at all
than to erect q building the value of which
would not be in proper proportion to the
value of the ground upon which it would
stand.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
A CLOSE CALL.
Two Miners Nearly Drowned by the
Overflow Caused by the Heavy Rain.

OVcI uOW NduScu ny Tic He6Vy nalHs
A rumor prevailed about town yesterday
afternoon that two men had been drowned
at the Neptune mine, in Missoula Gulch,
southwest of town. On inquiry, it appeared
that about the time the cloudburst passed
west OF town, the men were returning from
dinner. The water wa- rising, and the
foreman and three men went up the gulch
to keep the water back and confne it to
the fume, while two men, Johnny Noonan
and Johnny Birmingham. went down the
inc to resume work. They went down to
the 2OO-foot level. In spite of their en-
deavors, the foreman found the water kept
running into the mine SO fast that, the
pump having stopped, he sent down to call
Noonan and Birmingham up The water
vas then
RUSHING INT THE NINE
at from 800 to 500 inches from the 100.
foot level. When Noonan and BIRMINGHAM
heard this they started to come up the
shaft down which the water was pouring
from the 100 level, carrying everything be-
lore it lying loose in the shape of rocks,
timber, etc. They were considerably
bruised in the course of their ascent. which
was p~erilous in the extreme, owing to the
rubbish carried by the water. As the
water rose in the shaft they would 20 up a
few rungs higher on the ladder and stuck
their heads under the end of the plates of
the shaft which saved their lives. The
foreman and his men got to them as soon
as they possibly could through the OBJ
structions and found Birmingham in front
at the 100 level with his head tn. ough the
manhole. He was
WEDGE In WITH TIMBER
and rock. Noonan was below him. A
piece of 6xS timber wal removed and thew
brought them both up without much diff
Guilty but benumbed with cold. Their
mates had to help them remove their
mining clothes. SO thoroughly chilled were
the men. A fire was at once made in a
stove in the hosting works and whisky
was at once procured to resuscitate them.
After a little they came round sufficiently
to go home, Birmingham, who is a stout.
man, walking to his, as the effect
passed off him, but Noonan had to be
to hiS boarding house and was
for Immediately.
The shaft is filled up to the 80 level
seventy feet of water. Rocks and
have stopped the pump and it will
nearly q week to get the mine into
working order.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

man and the lumberman and caused the
act to savor very strongly Of class legisla-
ton.
Section $40 reads: Every person, in
Guiding all guardians Of minors or other
persons and married women, and any COM
pany or association or corporation for
whose use, benefit or enjoyment. any build
ing, structure, or Improvement mentioned
in section 1 OF this act shall be deemed the
owners or proprletors thereof for the purt
pose Of this act"
Now. gentlemen. I want to know il you
think the power is vested in you by the
Constitution of the United States to seize
upon the civil rights of an innocent party
and vest them in another for the purpose
OF securing a few m~onopolists against q
scoundrel all at the expense of an inno-
cent party? It looks to me a good deal
like the hardware men and lumber men
wanted to extend their business by making
property owners responsible for debts
schamers might contract with them, and I
don't believe any such law is constitu-
not that l am so we'll posted on
but common sense teaches me that
my civil rights as an American citizen are
being handled by this act in a mar ner for
eign to the spirit of the Constitution of the
United States. I hope our lawmakers will
bear in mind that We did not elect them
to legislate our rights out of our hands,
thew viii surely do by such a Law as
this. LABoRER.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Lord Lansdowne and his friends could
not have adopted a more effectual plan to
insure respect for O'Brien and sympathy
for the cause he advocates than the one
carried out at the Toronto meeting last
Tuesday. The American and the Canadian
people alike will denounce the rowdyism ex-
hibited a unwarranted. impolitic and
brutal in the extreme. 1t now behooves
Lord Lansdowne to denounce publicly his
friends who provoked the disgraceful pro-
esedings and to apologize to Mr.. O'Brien for
the treatment he received at their hands.
Should he, however, remain silent the
world will accept Mr.. O'Brien's measure
ment OF the man and unite in declaring him
q brute, q tyrant and a coward.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Jay Gould has q long head for railroad
deals. His testimony before the Pacific
Railroad Commission develops the true In
wardness Of his great success as q railroad
man and shows the keyto his immense for
tune. He has nerve. brains and money. q
combination that viii win in any undertake
ing. He bought up railroads as other men
bought q flock of sheep or herd OF cattle
to possess Themselves OF their ranges. His
purchases were bold ones, but he never
made q miss. He knew what he was about.
He kept his " secrets, and until he was
placed upon the stand the world never
knew ho~ he always managed to land where
he wanted to.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
SHERMAN'S FENCES

Just as Mr.. Blaine. who had the Illinois
vote in 1876, and who was then described
by the rhetorical Ingersoll as the 'Plumed
knight" is about to visit Europe. arrange
ments are made to invite his conspicuous
rival for the Presidency-Mr. John Sher-
man to invade the prairie state in his own
interest; in other woIds to repair his fences
among the corn-crackers. OF course John
will 20. Hs is built that way. But Mr..
Sherman is the very antithesis of a mag
netic statesman. A blue book or a patent
office report hasn't less sentiment. He is
as dry as a chronic topper and as cold as q
Republican caucus. He has not only grown
gray but has grown rich in the service Of
the state.
In speaking Of this matter the Chicago
Herald truthfully remarks that nothing
pleads for him save his own unappeased
ambition. A member OF Congress before
the war. he has been uninterruptedly in
public life, his service in either branch of
Congress having been varied by change of
the portfolio which the grateful Hayes COM
mitted to him as one of the statesmen who
visited Louisiana and discovered Eliza
Pinkston as a scapegoat for J. Madison
Wells. Mr.. Sherman's overtures for the
Presidency were made while he was Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, and that department
was used to it's utmost to procure delegates
in his behalf. Mr.. Garfield went into the
convention as Mr.. Shernar's spokesman
and came out of it the nominee. Ii for a
moment Mr.. Sherman, whose nature is not
frank and generous. entertained a doubt
of Garfield's sincerity he dismissed it. but
left to Governor Foster the payment OF the
hotel bill of the Ohio delegation, for it was
always a cardinal point with John Sher-
man to have value received.
Mr.. Sherman's recommendations to pub
lie regard are not sentimental. Sentiment
has no part in this gentleman's rigid ma
ture. His claim upon the regard of bust
ness men is the TACT that he administered
the law, which he was largely responsible
for passing. regarding the resumption of
specie payment, vet, while he is an able
financier, save in his silver heresy, he has
often wavered in what he knew to be the
proper policy. In short, while something
of a statesman, he has been animated by
the aims while lacking the art Of the politi.
clan. Mr.. Sherman is without special fol.
lowing in Illinois, and Mr.. Blaine may pace
the deck of a steamer undisturbed by ap-
prehension that Mr.. Sherman will make
serious inroad upon one of the States he
has been taught to regard as a preserve III
his own.
But Illinois may find a ''favorite SON" OF
her own to put forward. 1t would be a
libel upon the State 10 charge that her
crop of statesmen was harvested when the
lamented Logan was gathered to his
1t is quite possible that Mr.. Sher-
will find the fences in that State re-
paired by some one else. and that neither
he nor Blaine are required. Quisn Sa be.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Henri Watterson is a trif1e bitter. He
says: when Minister Phelps arrangesh his
luggage to come back to this 5larsted coun-
try. it is to be hoped that he may not lose
his brasses." It is rumored in this connec-
copied q call to carry 1.-THE Kentucky idea"
to the court OF St. James. But the Presi-
dent preferred a safe to a brilliant man,
and named a mummy from Vermont, who
played marbles with Edmunds when
Thomas Jefferson was inditing the declara-
ton Of independence.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

An exchange says ''if the Ceur d'Alene
mine owners intend to wait until Portland
capitalists build a 5000. 900 railroad
into the mines, before seeking q market for
their ores, they are liable to have the
Rockies turned out and the contents
piled all over Eastern Washington" That
is about the size of it.. But one will be
built by Montana parties. The Ceur
d'Alene country is naturally a part of Mon
tana, and should be annexed to it.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Mexican scientists make the dismal pre-.
diction that their country is about to uu-
dergo . great seismic convulsion of which
the recent shocks were but the opening
overture. The prediction may possibly
discourage the formation OF flibustering in
California for Northern Mexico.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

We make room for the communication
OF "Laborer" on the lien law on this page.
II il presumed some one of the members
from this county will be able to explain
the meaning Of the law to the satisfaction
OF our Burlington correspondent. The
MINER will yield a reasonable amount Of
space for the purpose of such explanation.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Manning, Sherman and Jordan seem to
entertain but one opinion concerning silver.
They would stop its coinage and throw
the metal on the market like any other
commercial commodity. They are alovely
sold-bug trio and would make a powerful
combination to bear silver. As Sherman
will probably be the Republican candidate
for the Presidency next year. the people
OF the country will be compelled to sit
down squarely on the Ohio man and thus
break the gold-bug pool the three worthless
above named are anxious to form.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

There 10 no substance in the talk about
an extra session of Congress. The inan-
cial exigency is not n that cannot be
met by executive action under existing
laws. It is true that the situation
might become serious if mismanaged, and
that even with good management a contin-
sency may arise requiring Congressional ac-
ton before December. But the chances
are against such a contingency, and it's oc-
currsnce will not be anticipated.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Butte extends a friendly greeting to the
Knights Of Pythias from outside places.
1t is hoped their %sojourn here will be made
pleasant, and that when they leave for
their homes they will carry with them kind
remembrances OF their visit to the Silver
(Itv
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

The Blaine organs see q strong contrast
between the enthusiasm and harmony OF
the Republican convention in Kentucky
and the ill feeling shown at the Demo
cratic gathering" If they will kindly wait
until the day OF election they will see a
contrast that will be stronger and, to
them, vastly more peaceable.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
PUBLISHED sENn-wEEKLY By
The Miner Publishing Company.
MATT. ". ANDERSON Manager.

II Gladstone should visit America he
would receive such An ovation as was never
accorded to q foreigner before. The liberty
loving people Of this country are in hearty
sympathy with him in his fight for the
rights Of oppressed Ireland.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Three suicides among women within ten
days does very we'll for q city the size o I
Butte. Now that the magic number is
complete the morphine bottle and the
pistol can take q rest.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

There cannot long be prosperity in . coun-
try where Is per cant. Of the farms arc
mortgaged for 75 per cent. Of the ''boom"
yalue.-Salt Lake Herald.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21

Elegant costumes. sparkling music in
'Giroae- Girofla' TONIGHT ut the Grand.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Tor sALE-A house and lot on the corner Of
L Montana and Glendale streets; a choice bust
ness stand opposite the Dillon depot. Inquire
of Mrs. NJ. A. Dingley, Dillon, Montana.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-07-06
The Cotton oIovement.

From the New York Financial Chron-
icle's cotton article the following figures
are gathered relative to the movement OF
the staple during the past week:
The total receipts reached 2,364 bales,
against 3, 544G bales last week, 1902 bales
tie previous week, and 1888 bales three
weeks since; making the total receipts
since the 1st September, 1856, 5,lS7, ,lo2
bales, against ), 247, 1913 bales torthe same
period OF 1856, showing a decrease since
September l. 1886, OF 60,0l1 bales.
The exports for the week reach total
Of 1902 bales, Of which 1886 were to
Great Britain, ], 800 to France, and 5,lSl
to the rest OF the continent.
The imports into continental ports
during the week were $4,000 bales.
These figures indicate decrease in the
cotton in sight OF 1918 bales as COM
pared with the same date OF 1856, anG
q decrease OF 1887 bales as compared
with the corresponding date Of 1885.
The receipts from the plantations,
being the actual movement, not inclua.
ing the overland receipts nor Southern
consumption, OF cotton that reached the
market through the outports for the
week were only l. .523 bales. The total
receipts since the lst Of September are
), 1S4.374 bales.